Procession to Riverside honors Air Force major killed in Osprey crash
By Orange County on December 13, 2023
A procession from Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, Dec. 13, honored Air Force Maj. Luke Unrath as his body was taken to a mortuary in Riverside. Unrath, 34, was a graduate of Martin Luther King High School in Riverside.
Air Force Maj. Luke Unrath, 34, was a graduate of Martin Luther King High School in Riverside and Cal Poly Pomona. (Courtesy of U.S. Air Force)
Unrath died along with seven others on Nov. 29 when a CV-22B Osprey helicopter went down during a training exercise off the coast of Japan. He was assigned to the 21st Special Operations Squadron, 353rd Special Operations Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan.
Unrath is a triplet — a son of Gregg and Nora Unrath of Riverside. He attended Immanuel Lutheran Elementary School, Amelia Earhart Middle School and King High, his parents said.
He received his commission through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Cal Poly Pomona and graduated from Pomona with a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering in 2013, according to an Air Force news release.
LA County Firefighters from Ladder truck 170 salute as a hearse transporting Air Force Maj. Luke Unrath passes under an American Flag raised over the 105 Freeway on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
LA County Firefighters from Ladder truck 170 prepare the flag to honor Air Force Maj. Luke Unrath on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Motorcycles followed the hearse transporting Air Force Maj. Luke Unrath on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
A hearse transporting Air Force Maj. Luke Unrath passes under an American Flag raised over the W 105 Freeway on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
LA County Firefighters from Ladder truck 170 salute as a hearse transporting Air Force Maj. Luke Unrath passes under an American Flag raised over the W 105 Freeway on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. Unrath died along with seven others on Nov. 29 when the CV-22B Osprey went down during a training exercise off the coast of Japan. The procession honored the fallen soldier and carried him to Riverside. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Los Angeles County firefighters set up an American flag as a salute to Air Force Maj. Luke Unrath who was killed in a helicopter accident in Japan last month. Unrath’s remains were taken from Los Angeles to a mortuary in Riverside on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
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